Ooh boy is tonight going to be interesting. First things first...a WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY is up for Hartford, Litchfield, and Tolland Counties...a WIND ADVISORY is up for the entire state except the immediate shoreline where there is a HIGH WIND WARNING and a COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY. Areas just south of Long Island have a HURRICANE WARNING(!!)- yes really! That doesn't mean this is going to be a hurricane here by any stretch, but this is going to be a powerful and significant storm for our region. This is the storm that spawned all the tornadoes yesterday that killed 20 people in the deep south. The end result is a 1-3" rainfall with extremely strong wind...and possibly quite a bit of sleet, especially inland away from the water, where the WWA's are up in particular. Make no mistake today folks- this storm is a serious situation indeed, and widespread power outages are possible, especially along the shoreline. The heaviest of the rain and wind should begin at around 5 PM and be the worst in the overnight hours before winding down tomorrow morning. Otherwise this week, we can expect partly cloudy conditions with highs in the 40s until Friday morning, when temperatures will drop down to seasonable for the forseeable future and flurries are possible on both Friday and Saturday as we head into the weekend.
^^^When the weather map looks like this, the weather is going to get crazy. Note the dark red south of Long Island showing the HURRICANE WARNING.
Today in weather history- January 23, 1971- Prospect Creek, AK- located just north of Fairbanks- records the all time US coldest temperature, with the mercury dropping to -80 degrees.
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